Stovepipe and collar holder.



F. S. DIVAN.

STOVBPIPE AND COLLAR HOLDER.

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" UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FLOYD s. wim, or nnwnnmomo.

- STOVEPIPE AND COLLAR HOLDER.

To all whom it may concern: l

Be it known thatl, FLOYD S: D1vAN,'a

citizen of the United States, residing""at3 Newark, in the county ofLicking and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Stovepipe and Collar Holdersyand I do declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use thesame; i

This invention is of that class of devices intended for holding thestove pipe within the chimney and the adjacent elbow within theoutermost length of stove pipe, and also for holding the collar uponsaid length when all parts are assembled; and the object of the same isto improve such a device in the details which will appear below.

The following specification sets forth the preferred manner of carryingout my invention as illustrated in the drawings wherein Figure- 1 is 'averticalsection through the stove pipe hole of a chimney, showing thisimproved holder as used for locking the" outermost pipe section thereinwith the stove pipe collar around it, and for looking the elbow to saidsection. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig.3 is a vertical section through the stove pipe hole in the chimney,illustrating the use of my holder for locking the stove pipe thereinagainst movement in either direction. Fig. 4: is an enlarged perspectiveview of the principal member of this improved holder.

In the drawings the letter W designates a wall having a hole into whichthe stove pipe S is to lead, and E is an elbow at the inner end of thispipe section S by which the latter is connected with an upright pipesection only partly illustrated and not necessary to describe herein.The wall W is indicated as of brick, but of course it may be a thinneror thicker wall and of other construction, although generally the holeleads into the flue of a chimney so that the products of combustion maypass out. The outer end of the pipe section S is usually held by somemeans within the hole in the wall and surrounded by a collar forpurposes of ornamentation, and it is the object of the present inventionto hold all these parts properly assembled and also to hold the elbow Efrom slipping off the section S.

Specification of LettersPatcnt. Application filed September 21,1911.Serial No. 650,495.

Coming now more particularly to the I Patented Oct. 1, 1912.

if 1 present invention, the principal portion of my device comprises abody member 1 preferably made of rather stiff strap iron bent at itsinner end i'nto a spring hook 2 about as shown so that it, may bestraightened ,out a little if the wall is unusually thick. The other endof this strap iron body is bent downward rather sharply in-a rightangle'3, bent inward rather sharply in a second right angle 4 into whatmight be called "a foot 5 standing at right angles to the body member 1,and finally bent downward in a third right angle 6 into what might-becalled a 'toe 7 which stands some little distance below the body member1 and is intended to rest against the front face of the wall W. Thesebends leave a substantially rectangular space behind the foot 5, whichspace I preferably a make ofa size to receive a nut 10 and hold itagainst rotation. The collar 12 which is usually stamped up fromfmetalis a little against'the face-of the wall and its-raised centerbeingaround the pipe section S; and thefoot 5 at the outer end of the bodymember rests against the inner face of the raised center of this collar,below the pipe, while the toe 7 rests against the front face of thewall. Finally a screw hook 13 is inserted through the collar 12 and thefoot of the body member, and engaged with the nut; and when this screwmember is tightened up it will be clear that all parts will be drawncloser together and yet the toe 7 will prevent the raised center of thecollarwhich has no support-from being crushed or indented if the screwmember is set up too tight. In theassembling of parts, those alreadydescribed are by preference put in first.

' Toward the inner end of the body member 1, a tongue 15 is cuttherefrom and bent upward and forward and then downward as at 18 as bestseen in Fig. 5, and after the parts have been assembled as describedabove the stove pipe S is inserted through the collar 12 and restsagainst this tongue. If the elbow E is to be locked in place, it isinclosed in a wire ring 16 having a hook 16 as seen in Fig. 1, and afterthe elbow has been inserted into the outer end of the pipe section S, acoiled spring 17 is engaged with the hooks 16 and 13 as thereillustrated to hold all parts in place.

An import-ant feature of the invention is the manner of securing thepipe section S dished as shown, its periphery resting fiat to the bodymember 1, and this consists in bendingthe end of the stove pipe upwardinto a lip as shown at 19 at one point, and

then after the pipe has been pushed through combination with a stovepipe section whose extremity is adapted to pass into a hole in a wall,and a dished collar surrounding said section over the outer end of saidhole; of a holder made of strap iron and adapted to extend through thehole and having its inner end bent into a hook resting against the innerface of the wall, means on its body for engaging the inner extremity ofsaid pipe section, and its outer end bent downward at right angleswithin said collar into a foot, thence toward the wall at right angles,and thence again downward into a toe resting against the outer face ofthe wall, a nut held from rotation within the angular space behind saidfoot, and a screw member passing through said collar and foot andengaging said nut for the purpose set forth.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination with a stove pipesection whose extremity is adapted to pass into a hole in a wall and isbent inward into a li a at one point, and a dished collar surroundingsaid section over the outer end of said hole; of a holder made of strapiron and adapted to extend through the hole alon ide the section andhaving its inner en bent into a hook resting against the inner face ofthe wall, the holder having a tongue struck from its body and bentupward thence forward and downward into a lip adapted to engage that onthe section, and the holder also having its outer end bent downward intoa foot and thence inward at right angles to the foot and into contactwith the outer face of the wall, the foot resting within said collar atthis time, and a screw member connecting the foot and collar, for thepurpose set fort-h.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

FLOYD S. DIVAN.

Witnesses:

ANDREW S. MI CHELL, ANNA M, GARDNER.

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' Washington, D. G.

